Program for improving psychosocial state of patients with end stage renal disease

ABSTRACT

Recently, number of patients with chronic renal failure in Egypt has considerably increased. As a life-threatening and potentially disabling disease, End Stage Renal Disease and its treatment cause stress as well as other psychosocial problems for patients and their families. The researchers used the following measurements Scale for Emotional status, Scale for psycho-social adaptation; and to measure the cognitive status the researcher used Primary Mental Abilities Test and Memory Processes Scale. The above mentioned measurements were applied to a sample consists of 80 units, including 40 patients with chronic renal failure, 40 healthy persons as a control sample, this experimental study was carried out in Fayoum governorate, a verbal consent had been taken before doing the study to uncover the effect of chronic renal failure on the emotional status, social and psychological adaptation, and the cognitive status of patients. The results of the study showed that there are statistically significant differences between patients and controls concerning their response using the scales of emotional/cognitive status and the psycho-social adaptation in favor of healthy sample. The results of the study also revealed that there are statistically significant differences concerning the response using the scales of emotional/cognitive status and the psycho-social adaptation before and after the application of the program for improving psycho-social state of the patients. This study supports the effectiveness of an intervention program to decrease cognitive and mental impairment of patients receiving dialysis